Filter attachment for gasoline systems



c. BR E E R FILTER ATTACHMENT FOR GASOLINE SYSTEMS Feb. 11, 1930.

Filed Feb. 26. 1926 gnm'n ro'o v CARL BREE valve will positivelyclose whenthe bowl and on the end of the passage 9 soas to close the e5 1 filter are removed and will automatically same: The stem 30 extends through the fitmy invention consists in the arrangement, 34 around the opeuingm. coiled spring 70 Patented Feb. 11, 1930 i 1,746,336

UNITED STATES ATE T oer-ice CARL BREER, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CHRYSLER eonrortn'rioiv, be DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE FILTER. ATTACHMENT. FOR GAsoLIN'E S STEMS Application filed February 26, 1926 Serial No. 90,954.

It has become customary, in some construc ing the top 24: between the gasket the tions, to dispose abowl containing afilter eleedge 26 of the plate-like member 20. The ment under the vacuum tank used on autotop 24: of the filter is provided with a central mobiles, through which bowl and filter all of aperture 27 through which gasoline may pass 5 the gasoline passing from the vacuum'tank into the aperture 28 iii the fitting 5 and to the carburetor of the automobile must through the aperture 29 in the fitting 5, to a pass. The purpose of this, of course, is to carburetor or other suitable receptacle. filter the gasoline passing to the internal com- The above construction is more or less conbustion engine, and the bowl and filter are ventional for the purpose of filtering gaso- 19 removed at intervals for cleansing purposes. line and forms no particular part-of my inso It is a primary object of my invention to vention, except incombination with the valve provide with such a device, a valve connected to be hereafter described. a t with the vacuum tank or other device to Extending through the passage 9 is a stem which the bowl and filter are attached, which having a head 31 adapted to seat as at3'2 open when the bowl and filter are positioned ting 5 into the opening 28, through the openin their normal places. 111g and into the filter pro 'er. A pin 3'3is With the above and other objects in view provided in the stem 30 seating on the flange combination and construction of the various is positioned around the stem 30 hearing parts of my improved device, as described in at its bottom against the pin 33 and at its top the specificatiomclaimed in my claims, and against the fitting 5 at the top of the openshown in the accompanying drawing, in ing 28. 25 whi h; i It will thus be seen that when the bowl 14 The figure is a central sectional view showand the filter are removed, the flange 34 ing my improved device in assembled posiagainst whlch the pm 33 rests will likewise tion. be removed andthe spring 35 will cause the I have shown a fitting 5 screwed in a memstem 30 and its head 31 to move downwardly at her 6 of a vacuum tank 7 as at 8. The fit so that the head 31 will seat at 32 and pre- 3;

ting 5 is provided with a central aperture 9 vent further passage of gasoline from the i and an aperture 10 connecting therewith and tank 7. 7

leading to the passage or chamber 11 in the After the bowl and filter have been'cleaned bottom of the fitting5. and are again assembled in the position shown 5 A gasket 12 is seated against the bottom of in the drawing, the act of assemblmg will 5 the portion 13 of the fitting 5 and a bowllt br ng the pin 33 to bear 011 the flange 34 and is clamped against the gasket 12 by means of raise the stem 30 and its head 31 so as to open a hoop 15 pivoted as at 16 and having a cam the valve and permit the normal flow of gas- 17 at its bottom, operated by a handle 18 oline from the tank. against the member19 on the bottom of the It W111 be obvious that various changes may bowl. Thus, by turning the cam 17 through be made 111 the arrangemenncombmatlon the handle 18, the hoop 15 may be swung and constructlon of the various parts of my clearof the bowl and the bowl removed. improved device, without departing from the Positioned within the bowl 14 is a platespirit of my invention and it is my intenton like member 20 having openings 21 therein to cover by my claimssuch changes as may be ,through which gasoline in the chamber 11 reasonably lncluded within the scope thereof.

may pass into the bottom of the bowl. A fil- What I cla m 1s: ter consisting of a screen 22 towhichis at- 1. In comb1nat1on,a11qu 1d fuel receptacle, tached a bottom 23 and a top 24: is positioned a fitting connected therewith having a pasin the bowl 14:,being held in place by wedgsage leadlng from the receptacle, a chamber .106)

removably secured to the fitting, a filter in the chamber and removable therewith, an outlet assage connected with the filter, a valve seat in the first passage, a valve in the first passage, a piece forming a top for the filter, a stem on the valve extending through the top of the filter, a pin extending through the stem and adapted to bear on the top of the filter when the latter is in place to hold the valve of]? its seat and a spring bearing on the pin to move the stem and bring the "alve to its seat when the filter is removed.

2. In combination, a liquid fuel receptacle, a fitting connected therewith having a passage leading from the receptacle, a chamber removably secured to the fitting, a filter in the chamber and removable therewith, an outlet passage in the fitting connected with the filter, a valve seat and valve in the first passage, a stem on the valve, a top piece for the filter, means connecting said top piece with the stem to hold the valve off its seat when the filter is in assembled position and means for returning the valve'to its seat when the filter is removed.

3. Liquid handling means comprising a body with a passage-Way having an opening intermediate its ends, a cup detachably mounted over said opening to seal the same, a cover for said cup, a filter attached to said cover and housed in said cup, a valve in said passage-Way on the inlet side of said cup, means normally closing said valve, and means engaged by said cover for holding said valve open when said cup and cover are in place.

CARL BREER. 

